Marpessa Dawn
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Emerging from a farm near Pittsburgh with African-American and Filipino roots, she first worked as a laboratory technician before moving to Europe as a teenager, where early television spots in England led to a 1953 relocation to France. While supplementing her income as a governess, she sang and danced in nightclubs, catching the eye of director Marcel Camus and securing the role of Eurydice in h…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
